Right Justifying String output

Question

I have created a program to create directories and files and navigate them. The problem im stuck on is that
I'm trying to print the working directory (as a subdirectory) so Im wanting to right justify the current directories name, then call the parent Directory and print its name on the left side of it etc....until I get to root directory.
How do I output the String to the terminal in this fashion ?
Cheers

Answer 1

   public static final int FILL_TO_LEFT = 0;
   public static final int FILL_TO_RIGHT = 1;
   /** Right alignment of string based on the passed width */
   public static String alignRight(String origstr, int width) {
      String retstr = origstr;
      if (retstr == null) retstr = "";
      retstr = retstr.trim();
      if (width > retstr.length()) {
         retstr = fillSpaces(retstr,width,FILL_TO_LEFT);
      else {
         if (width < retstr.length()) {
            retstr = retstr.substring(0,width);
      return retstr;
   /** Fill string with a char based on filling type */
   public static String fillChar(String origstr, int width,
                                 String fillchar, int filltype) {
      String retstr = origstr;
      if (retstr==null) retstr = "";
      retstr = retstr.trim();
      switch(filltype) {
         case FILL_TO_LEFT:  {
                               while (retstr.length()<width) retstr = fillchar + retstr;
                               break;
         case FILL_TO_RIGHT: {
                               while (retstr.length()<width) retstr = retstr + fillchar;
                               break;
      return retstr;
   /** Fill a string with spaces based on passed width and filling type */
   public static String fillSpaces(String origstr, int width, int filltype) {
      return fillChar(origstr, width, " ", filltype);
   }